The Final

The season is ending and we’re at the final stage of the WCC-WCS tournament. Started with 100 teams, now we have 2 teams in each tournament fighting for the final glory. They are just one step away from being crowned The Champions. As we can’t arrange a neutral venue for the final in SM, we have decided to have a 2-legged final in both WCC and WCS. 1st leg will be 22nd May and 2nd leg will be on 29th May – a week before the current season is done.

WCC

ROAD TO THE GLORY : BARCELONA

  • A title contender in Division 1 is the only top flight team to make it to the final.
  • Skipped first 3 round and played directly Qualifier 4 against Girondins Bordeaux and won 0-2 comfortably away from home and qualified to WCC.
  • Hammered their local rivals Valencia in R32 in both home and away and made a statement through 8-0 score line.
  • Had a little bit tough against another Spanish team Atletico Madrid in R16 but won 3-1 on aggregate.
  • Real test began in QFs when they had to face FC Porto and expected to be close contest between two mighty forces but it was a walk in the park for Adam’s boys and won 5-2 on aggregate.
  • Having faced big names in previous rounds, we got to admit Barca had it easy in Semis against Inter and won 3-1 on aggregate.

ROAD TO THE GLORY: RSC ANDERLECT

  • A struggling Div 2 team in WCC Final – at least Neil and his boys will have something to cheer if they really can make it happen.
  • Faced off against fellow Div 2 club in PSG in Qualifier 4 and won 0-2 comfortably and qualified to WCC.
  • Defeated H.Berlin easily in R32 in both home and away and won 5-1 on aggregate.
  • Battled against Sporting CP in R16 and won 5-2 on aggregate.
  • It’s Div 2 club again in QFs when they faced SC Internacional and gone through with narrow wins in both legs. 2-0 on aggregate.
  • It was in Semis, the Belgian club felt the heat when they were matched up against Chelsea but the London club failed to replicate their league form and surrendered to RSCA. 4-0 on aggregate.

Barcelona lost the league to Chelsea and were knocked out of YC last night and Adam will not want to end the season trophyless after starting the season on high note meanwhile Anderlect will have no chance against their mighty opponents but you never know in football and maybe fairytale awaits for the Belgian Club.

WCS

ROAD TO THE GLORY: LIVERPOOL

  • The underdogs in this final – Chris will be more motivated and aimed to have the perfect final 180 mins.
  • Defeated by Hellas Verona in Qualifier 4 - this pushed them down to compete in WCS. A blessing in disguise.
  • Battered Div 1 relegation battlers in R32 and won 6-2 on aggregate.
  • Had it very easy against a Div 5 club Girodins Bordeaux in R16 and made a statement win through 8-1 scoreline.
  • Another weak team SS Lazio in QFs but the same old story. Easy win – 8-3 on aggregate.
  • Having had easy run so far, The Scousers had a tough meeting in Semis against Bayern and went through with narrow scorline. 4-3 on aggregate.

ROAD TO THE GLORY: LEVANTE UD

  • Tournament favourites, Levante fighting for 3 trophies and we can see why they will and they can win it all.
  • Defeated by inactive-most-of-time Gursi’s FC Koln in Qualifier 4 - this pushed them down to compete in WCS.
  • Had a tough outing against Santos FC in R32 and qualified to next round with 3-2 on aggregate.
  • Having learnt the lesson, Levante stormed passed Galatasaray SK in R16 and won 7-1 on aggregate.
  • Defeated FC Schalke in QFs comfortably through 3-1 scoreline.
  • Had a difficult test against God’s Sampdoria in Semis and a decent home game etched their name into the finals.

Liverpool had it easy on initial rounds of the tournaments but had to break a sweat in Semis when they faced the real opponent. Levante on the other hand are high flying after making YC finals last night and fighting for 3 trophies at the moment. Definitely high adrenaline rush will help them in their quest to treble.

We thank all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.


WCC & WCS Semi-Final

Both legs of WCC and WCS Quarter Final is completed successfully and now we have final four teams from each tournament ready to fight for the glory.

Qtrs aggregate results :

WCC QTRS AGG RESULTS WCS QTRS AGG RESULTS
Internazionale (3) v Arsenal (2) Paris Saint-Germain (0) v  Bayern München (3)
FC Porto (2) v Barcelona (5) SS Lazio (3) v Liverpool (8)
Borussia Dortmund (0) v Chelsea (3) Standard Liège (3) v Sampdoria (3)
RSC Anderlecht (2) v  SC Internacional (0) Levante (3) v  FC Schalke 04 (1)

Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures for WCC and WCS Semi Final. First leg to be played on 8th May and second leg will be played on 15th May.

WCC SEMIFINAL FIXTURES  WCS SEMIFINAL FIXTURES
Chelsea v RSC Anderlecht Levante v Sampdoria
Internazionale v Barcelona Bayern München v Liverpool

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.


WCC & WCS Quarter-Final

Both legs of WCC and WCS R16 is completed successfully and now we have 8 winners from each tournament ready to fight for the glory.

R16 aggregate results :

WCC R16 AGG. RESULTS WCS R16 AGG RESULTS
Chelsea (2) v  Torino (2) Independiente (1) v  SS Lazio (3)
Internazionale (3) v  West Bromwich Albion (2) Genoa CFC (1) v  FC Schalke 04 (2)
Barcelona (3) v  Atlético Madrid (1) Standard Liège (4) v  Stoke City (3)
Bayer Leverkusen (3) v  SC Internacional (5) Udinese Calcio (1) v  Sampdoria (4)
Borussia Dortmund (3) v  Málaga CF (3) Galatasaray SK (1) v  Levante (7)
Swansea City (2) v  Arsenal (3) Liverpool (8) v  Girondins Bordeaux (1)
FC Basel (1) v  FC Porto (1) Sunderland (2) v  Bayern München (4)
Sporting CP (2) v  RSC Anderlecht (5) Paris Saint-Germain (2) v  Celtic (1)

Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures for WCC and WCS QF. First leg to be played on 24th April and second leg will be played on 1st May.

WCC QF FIXTURES WCS QF FIXTURES
Internazionale v Arsenal Paris Saint-Germain v  Bayern München
FC Porto v Barcelona SS Lazio v Liverpool
Borussia Dortmund v Chelsea Standard Liège v Sampdoria
RSC Anderlecht v  SC Internacional Levante v  FC Schalke 04

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.


WCC and WCS Round of 16

Hello everyone, welcome to second round (i.e. R16) of World Club Cup (WCC) and World Cup Shield (WCS) tournament. Qualified 16 teams of each tournament list is available in our recent post WCC R32 results and WCS R32 results.

Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures for WCC and WCS R16. First leg to be played on 10th April and second leg will be played on 17th April.

The fixture schedule for 1st leg (10th April) are :

WCC R16 LEG 1 WCS R16 LEG 1
Chelsea vs  Torino Independiente vs  SS Lazio
Internazionale vs  West Bromwich Albion Genoa CFC vs  FC Schalke 04
Barcelona vs  Atlético Madrid Standard Liège vs  Stoke City
Bayer Leverkusen vs  SC Internacional Udinese Calcio vs  Sampdoria
Borussia Dortmund vs  Málaga CF Galatasaray SK vs  Levante
Swansea City vs  Arsenal Liverpool vs  Girondins Bordeaux
FC Basel vs  FC Porto Sunderland vs  Bayern München
Sporting CP vs  RSC Anderlecht Paris Saint-Germain vs  Celtic

The fixture schedule for 2nd leg (17th April) are :

WCC R16 LEG 2 WCS R16 LEG 2
 Torino vs Chelsea  SS Lazio vs Independiente
 West Bromwich Albion vs Internazionale  FC Schalke 04 vs Genoa CFC
 Atlético Madrid vs Barcelona  Stoke City vs Standard Liège
 SC Internacional vs Bayer Leverkusen  Sampdoria vs Udinese Calcio
 Málaga CF vs Borussia Dortmund  Levante vs Galatasaray SK
 Arsenal vs Swansea City  Girondins Bordeaux vs Liverpool
 FC Porto vs FC Basel  Bayern München vs Sunderland
 RSC Anderlecht vs Sporting CP  Celtic vs Paris Saint-Germain

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.


WCC R32 Results

Both legs of WCC R32 is completed successfully and now we have 16 winners ready to fight for the glory. Here the updated results :

WCC R32 Leg 1 result :

Match 1  São Paulo FC (0) vs  Bayer Leverkusen (1)
Match 2  Barcelona (4) vs  Valencia CF (0)
Match 3  Manchester United (0) vs  SC Internacional (2)
Match 4  Hertha BSC (1) vs  RSC Anderlecht (3)
Match 5  Torino (2) vs  Olympiacos (1)
Match 6  West Bromwich Albion (2) vs  West Ham United (0)
Match 7  FC Koln (0) vs  Atlético Madrid (3)
Match 8  SL Benfica (0) vs  Borussia Dortmund (0)
Match 9  Hamburger SV (0) vs  Swansea City (1)
Match 10  FC Basel (0) vs  Juventus (0)
Match 11  Málaga CF (2) vs  Dinamo Zagreb (1)
Match 12  Sporting CP (1) vs  Celta Vigo (1)
Match 13  AS Monaco (1) vs  Internazionale (4)
Match 14  Everton (1) vs  FC Porto (2)
Match 15  Chelsea (1) vs  Hellas Verona (1)
Match 16  Manchester City (2) vs  Arsenal (2)

WCC R32 Leg 2 result :

Match 1  Bayer Leverkusen (1) vs  São Paulo FC (0)
Match 2  Valencia CF (0) vs  Barcelona (4)
Match 3  SC Internacional (2) vs  Manchester United (1)
Match 4  RSC Anderlecht (2) vs  Hertha BSC (0)
Match 5  Olympiacos (1) vs  Torino (3)
Match 6  West Ham United (1) vs  West Bromwich Albion (2)
Match 7  Atlético Madrid (0) vs  FC Koln (1)
Match 8  Borussia Dortmund (2) vs  SL Benfica (0)
Match 9  Swansea City (2) vs  Hamburger SV (0)
Match 10  Juventus (1) vs  FC Basel (1)
Match 11  Dinamo Zagreb (1) vs  Málaga CF (2)
Match 12  Celta Vigo (1) vs  Sporting CP (2)
Match 13  Internazionale (2) vs  AS Monaco (1)
Match 14  FC Porto (0) vs  Everton (1)
Match 15  Hellas Verona (1) vs  Chelsea (2)
Match 16  Arsenal (3) vs  Manchester City (1)

Aggregate results and winners of R32 :

São Paulo FC (0) vs  Bayer Leverkusen (2)
 Barcelona (8) vs  Valencia CF (0)
 Manchester United (1) vs  SC Internacional (4)
 Hertha BSC (1) vs  RSC Anderlecht (5)
 Torino (5) vs  Olympiacos (2)
 West Bromwich Albion (4) vs  West Ham United (1)
 FC Koln (1) vs  Atlético Madrid (3)
 SL Benfica (0) vs  Borussia Dortmund (2)
 Hamburger SV (0) vs  Swansea City (3)
 FC Basel (1) vs  Juventus (1)
 Málaga CF (4) vs  Dinamo Zagreb (2)
 Sporting CP (3) vs  Celta Vigo (2)
 AS Monaco (2) vs  Internazionale (6)
 Everton (2) vs  FC Porto (2)
 Chelsea (3) vs  Hellas Verona (2)
 Manchester City (3) vs  Arsenal (5)

Koln vs Atletico Madrid is forfeited as Koln failed to organise the fixture. Atletico Madrid is declared winner of the game and winner of R32 and qualifies to next round.

Congratulations to winners and commiserations to the losers). The draw for next round will be conducted after WCS R32 games are done and fixtures will be updated soon after that. We thank all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.


WCC Round of 32

Hello everyone, welcome to first round (i.e. R32) of World Club Cup (WCC) tournament. Started with 100 teams, now we have top 32 teams competing for WCC trophy. As mentioned already, from here on till semi final, these round of games will be 2-legged knock out games (1 home, 1 away) and the winners will be decided on aggregate score and FET (if needed). Qualified 32 teams list is available in our recent post WCC-WCS Qualifier 4 results.

Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures for WCC R32. First leg to be played on 6th March and second leg will be played on 20th March.

The fixture schedule for 1st leg (6th March) are :

Match 1  São Paulo FC vs  Bayer Leverkusen
Match 2  Barcelona vs  Valencia CF
Match 3  Manchester United vs  SC Internacional
Match 4  Hertha BSC vs  RSC Anderlecht
Match 5  Torino vs  Olympiaco
Match 6  West Bromwich Albion vs  West Ham United
Match 7  FC Koln vs  Atlético Madrid
Match 8  SL Benfica vs  Borussia Dortmund
Match 9  Hamburger SV vs  Swansea City
Match 10  FC Basel vs  Juventu
Match 11  Málaga CF vs  Dinamo Zagreb
Match 12  Sporting CP vs  Celta Vigo
Match 13  AS Monaco vs  Internazionale
Match 14  Everton vs  FC Porto
Match 15  Chelsea vs  Hellas Verona
Match 16  Manchester City vs  Arsenal

The fixture schedule for 2nd leg (20th March) are :

Match 1  Bayer Leverkusen vs  São Paulo FC
Match 2  Valencia CF vs  Barcelona
Match 3  SC Internacional vs  Manchester United
Match 4  RSC Anderlecht vs  Hertha BSC
Match 5  Olympiaco vs  Torino
Match 6  West Ham United vs  West Bromwich Albion
Match 7  Atlético Madrid vs  FC Koln
Match 8  Borussia Dortmund vs  SL Benfica
Match 9  Swansea City vs  Hamburger SV
Match 10  Juventu vs  FC Basel
Match 11  Dinamo Zagreb vs  Málaga CF
Match 12  Celta Vigo vs  Sporting CP
Match 13  Internazionale vs  AS Monaco
Match 14  FC Porto vs  Everton
Match 15  Hellas Verona vs  Chelsea
Match 16  Arsenal vs  Manchester City

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.


WCC – WCS QUALIFIERS 4 RESULTS

WCC – WCS Qualifier 4 has been successfully completed and now we are ready for important part of the tournament. Winners of Qualifier 4 (32 teams) will advance to Club World Cup Round of 32 and Losers of Qualifier 4 (32 teams) will advance to Club World Shield Round of 32. From here on, all the rounds will be double legged knock out format and winners will be decided on aggregate score. In case of a draw, traditional FET rules come in to play.

Below are the 32 teams qualified for World Club Cup (WCC) :

Atlético Madrid  Manchester United  Chelsea  Dinamo Zagreb
 Swansea City  Celta Vigo  Olympiacos  São Paulo FC
 SL Benfica  Hamburger SV  Borussia Dortmund  Bayer Leverkusen
 Hellas Verona  Málaga CF  Barcelona  AS Monaco
 SC Internacional  Arsenal  Manchester City FC Koln
 Internazionale  RSC Anderlecht  Torino  Valencia CF
 West Bromwich Albion  FC Basel Juventus  Sporting CP
Everton  West Ham United  FC Porto Hertha BSC

Below are the 32 teams qualified for World Club Shield (WCS) :

FC Augsburg  Genoa CFC  Flamengo  Club Brugge KV
 RCD Espanyol  Sampdoria  Lille OSC  Stoke City
 Standard Liège  Crystal Palace  Ajax Bayern München
 Liverpool  FC Schalke 04  Girondins Bordeaux  AC Milan
 SS Lazio  Southampton  Udinese Calcio  Levante
 Galatasaray SK  Paris Saint-Germain  Real Madrid  Sunderland
 Fenerbahçe SK  Aston Villa Tottenham Hotspur  Leicester City
Santos FC  Celtic  Independiente Riverplate

We thank all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful so far and we expect the same in future as well. The fixture list and fixture date will be announced in subsequent posts. Thanks and good luck.


WCC - WCS QUALIFIERS 4

WCC - WCS Qualifier 3 has been successfully completed and now we are ready for next and final round of qualifiers. Just like previous round, this round will also be 1-legged round and winners (32 teams) will advance to World Club Cup Round of 32 and losers (32 teams) will advance to World Club Shield Round of 32. Here are the 14 winners from Qualifier 3 : (Congratulations to winners and commiserations to the losers).

Ajax Málaga CF
FC Basel SS Lazio
Sampdoria AS Monaco
Club Brugge KV Torino
Girondins Bordeaux Tottenham Hotspur
Crystal Palace Santos FC
Southampton Olympiacos

And now we have 50 teams which got bye into the Qualifier 4 and 14 teams from previous 3 rounds which totals to 64 teams. Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures of Qualifier 4 and winners will qualify for World Club Cup and losers will play World Club Shield. This round of games will be played on 21st February. 32 games to be arranged in 1 week. It's a difficult task (but not impossible) and let's try to get it arranged all games. The fixture schedule are :

Match 1  FC Augsburg vs  Atlético Madrid
Match 2  RCD Espanyol vs  Swansea City
Match 3  Standard Liège vs  SL Benfica
Match 4  Hellas Verona vs  Liverpool
Match 5  SS Lazio vs  SC Internacional
Match 6  Galatasaray SK vs  Internazionale
Match 7  Fenerbahçe SK vs  West Bromwich Albion
Match 8 Everton vs Santos FC
Match 9  Manchester United vs  Genoa CFC
Match 10  Celta Vigo vs  Sampdoria
Match 11  Crystal Palace vs  Hamburger SV
Match 12  FC Schalke 04 vs  Málaga CF
Match 13  Arsenal vs  Southampton
Match 14  RSC Anderlecht vs  Paris Saint-Germain
Match 15  Aston Villa vs  FC Basel
Match 16  Celtic vs  West Ham United
Match 17  Flamengo vs  Chelsea
Match 18  Olympiacos vs  Lille OSC
Match 19  Ajax vs  Borussia Dortmund
Match 20  Girondins Bordeaux vs  Barcelona
Match 21  Manchester City vs  Udinese Calcio
Match 22  Real Madrid vs  Torino
Match 23 Juventus vs Tottenham Hotspur
Match 24  FC Porto vs  Independiente
Match 25  Dinamo Zagreb vs  Club Brugge KV
Match 26  Stoke City vs  São Paulo FC
Match 27  Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern München
Match 28  AS Monaco vs  AC Milan
Match 29  Levante vs FC Koln
Match 30  Valencia CF vs  Sunderland
Match 31  Leicester City vs  Sporting CP
Match 32 Riverplate vs Hertha BSC

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.


WCC - WCS QUALIFIERS 3

WCC - WCS Qualifier 2 has been successfully completed and now we are ready for next round of fixtures. Just like previous round, this round will also be 1-leg knock out game and winners will advance to next round of qualifiers. Here are the winners from Qualifier 2 : (Congratulations to winners and commiserations to the losers)

Rubin Kazan AS Roma
SS Lazio Sampdoria
Athletic Club Olympique Marseille
Ajax VfL Wolfsburg
Sevilla Mönchengladbach
FC Basel Olympique Lyonnais

Here are the teams which got bye into Qualifier 3 :

Crystal Palace Santos FC
Southampton Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Málaga CF Olympiacos
Tottenham Hotspur AZ Alkmaar
Cruzeiro VfB Stuttgart
AS Monaco Club Brugge KV
Torino Girondins Bordeaux
Werder Bremen CSKA Moskva

Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures of Qualifier 3 and winners will qualify for next round. This round of games will be played on 14th February. The fixture schedule are :

Qualifier 3
Game 1 Ajax vs Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Game 2 Rubin Kazan vs FC Basel
Game 3 Sampdoria vs CSKA Moskva
Game 4 Olympique Marseille vs Club Brugge KV
Game 5 Mönchengladbach vs Girondins Bordeaux
Game 6 Crystal Palace vs AZ Alkmaar
Game 7 Olympique Lyonnais vs Southampton
Game 8 Málaga CF vs AS Roma
Game 9 Cruzeiro vs SS Lazio
Game 10 Athletic Club vs AS Monaco
Game 11 Torino vs Sevilla
Game 12 Werder Bremen vs Tottenham Hotspur
Game 13 Santos FC vs VfB Stuttgart
Game 14 Olympiacos vs VfL Wolfsburg

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.


WCC - WCS QUALIFIERS 2

WCC - WCS Qualifier 1 has been successfully completed and now we are ready for next round of fixtures. Just like previous round, this round will also be 1-leg knock out game and winners will advance to next round of qualifiers. Here are the winners from Qualifier 1 : (Congratulations to winners and commiserations to the losers)

FC Basel
AS Saint-Etienne
Athletic Bilbao
ACF Fiorentina
Olympique Marseille
SSC Napoli
Boca Juniors
Shakhtar Donetsk
FK Partizan
Olympique Lyonnais

Here are the teams which got bye into Qualifier 2 :

SS Lazio
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Sampdoria
VfL Wolfsburg
Rubin Kazan
Ajax
Spartak Moskva
US Sassuolo
AS Roma
Sevilla
Dynamo Kyiv
Besiktas JK
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Montpellier HSC

Through random draw, we finalised the fixtures of Qualifier 2 and winners will qualify for next round. This round of games will be played on 07th February. The fixture schedule are :

Qualifier 2
Game 1 ACF Fiorentina vs Rubin Kazan
Game 2 SS Lazio vs FK Partizan
Game 3 Besiktas JK vs Athletic Club
Game 4 Ajax vs Dynamo Kyiv
Game 5 Montpellier HSC vs Sevilla
Game 6 FC Basel vs SSC Napoli
Game 7 AS Roma vs AS Saint-Etienne
Game 8 Zenit Saint Petersburg vs Sampdoria
Game 9 Spartak Moskva vs Olympique Marseille
Game 10 Boca Juniors vs VfL Wolfsburg
Game 11 Mönchengladbach vs Shakhtar Donetsk
Game 12 US Sassuolo vs Olympique Lyonnais

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.